Loading GPS data from a file
Loading GPS data from a file
There are dozens of different file formats for storing GPS data. The format that QGIS uses is called GPX (GPS eXchange format), which is a standard interchange format that can contain any number of waypoints, routes and tracks in the same file. <P> To load a GPX file you first need to load the plugin. Plugins > mActionShowPluginManagerPlugin Manager... > GPS Tools. When this plugin is loaded a button with a small handheld GPS device will show up in the toolbar. An example GPX file is available in the QGIS sample dataset: /qgis_sample_data/gps/national_monuments.gpx. See Section #label_sampledata for more information about the sample data. <P>
- Click on the gps_importerGPS Tools icon and open the Load GPX file tab (see figure #figure_gpxloader).
- Browse to the folder qgis_sample_data/gps/, select the GPX file national_monuments.gpx and click Open.
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<P> Use the browse button to select the GPX file, then use the checkboxes to select the feature types you want to load from that GPX file. Each feature type will be loaded in a separate layer when you click OK. The file national_monuments.gpx only includes waypoints.
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